Lahore, October 20: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed the hope that the Supreme Court will look at all aspects of the case of Asia Bibi, whose appeal against her conviction by a trial court on a blasphemy charge was turned down by the high court last week. In a statement

Quetta, October 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced concern at the emergence and deterioration in a litany of grave human rights concerns across the country and stated that the prevailing political situation, and rise in religious extremism were proving significant hurdles in mounting any serious efforts to deal with these

Lahore, October 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has welcomed the postponement of the moratorium on capital punishment by the government and has called for a thorough review of the death penalty regime in the country. In a statement made by the HRCP representatives at a demonstration held on Oct 10, 2014 with

Lahore, September 26: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned an attack in Adiala Jail on a 70-year old man sentenced to death over blasphemy charges. The prisoner was shot and injured by a policeman at the prison. In a statement issued on Friday, the Commission said: “HRCP is not only appalled by

Lahore, September 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over reports that, despite an informal moratorium on executions, a murder convict is scheduled to be hanged in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, on September 18. HRCP has called upon the government to stay the hanging and announce a formal moratorium on

Lahore, September 05: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the threats to the life of prominent columnist Kamran Shafi and the recent incidents of violence on journalists, and urged the federal and provincial governments to give greater attention to media-persons’ security. In a statement issued here today, the commission said: “The

Lahore, August 29: On the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared (August 30), the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has reiterated its demand that the government must adopt effective measures to rid to country of the curse of enforced disappearances, beginning with immediate ratification of the International Convention for the Protection

Lahore, August 30: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that the army being asked to adjudicate upon matters that should have been resolved by politicians made for an “exceeding gloomy day for the country”. The Commission has stated that that was what the marchers had been seeking all along as they had

Lahore, August 5: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm at an “exaggerated hassle over who should occupy the gaddi” leading to total neglect of the affairs of the state. It has called upon the government to focus on the real issues of the people and urged those seeking to pressurise the government

Lahore, July 28: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has slammed the mob attack and killing of four members of the Ahmadi community in Gujranwala and burning of five houses as “brutalisation and barbarism stooping to new lows”. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “HRCP is shocked and disgusted at the killing of